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Announcement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I002

Date Range: 1812

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer

Description: [Witmer's Bridge]; [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; Document type: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1812

Year: 1812

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Witmer, Abraham

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Announcements; Witmer's Bridge

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Announcement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I002

Box Number: 006

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Turnpike Company Letters Lotteries Manuscript groups McDowell’s Mill Minutes (Records) Mount Hope Furnace Northern Central Railway Company Pennsylvania Council Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Probate records Protestant Episcopal Church �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1860 F12 I66

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

System of Arrangement: Arranged by municipalities by year.

Year: 1860

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0027

People: Witmer, Daniel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Tav 1860 F12 I66

Box Number: 027

Additional Notes: Petition for an eating house.; Located in the North West Ward.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #356

Date Range: 1827

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1827

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Witmer, Abraham; Groff, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Bridges; Conestoga River; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #356

Box Number: 007

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/04/07.

Additional Notes: Bridges.; Lancaster Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Conestoga River.; Payment obtained against the estate of Abraham Witmer for the purchase of Witmer's Bridge.; Groff, John.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #357

Date Range: 1827

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1827

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Wright, Ebenezer; Witmer, Abraham; Weidman, Samuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Bridges; Conestoga River; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #357

Box Number: 007

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 7, 2001.

Additional Notes: Bridges.; Lancaster Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Conestoga River.; Payment to attorney for Samuel Weidman regarding the sale of Witmer's Bridgeto the county.; Wright, Ebenezer. Lancaster Attorney.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #406

Date Range: 1827

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1827

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Kirkpatrick, William; Witmer, Abraham; Crabb, William; Witmer, David

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Bridges; Conestoga River; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #406

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 14, 2001.

Additional Notes: Bridges.; Payment in full of mortgage on Witmer's Bridge.; Kirkpatrick, William.; Witmer, Abraham.; Crabb, William.; Witmer, David.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Legal opinion of James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.3.001

Date Range: 1818/10/07

2 documents 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Legal opinion of James Buchanan

Description: Legal opinion of James Buchanan with suggestions on what David Witmer should do to make the title of John Landis indisputable involving land given by Abraham Witmer to the Lancaster Trading Company. Mentions names of Andrew Groff and John Groff. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1818/10/07

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James; Witmer, David; Landis, John; Witmer, Abraham; Groff, Andrew; Groff, John

Subjects: Legal opinions

Search Terms: Legal opinions; Lancaster Trading Company; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 3.25 x 6.5 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.3.001

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2002.005

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #312

Date Range: 1823

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.

Date Range: 1823

Year: 1823

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0003

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L.; Bowman, Francis; Bowman, Mary; Boyd, Robert; Brabson, Jesse; Brabson, John Samuel; Brabson, Mary; Brabson, Rebecca; Bradley, Dennis; Bradly, Zeba; Bramsberger, George; Brison, Ann; Brown, John; Brunner, Abraham; Burton, James; Busser, Elizabeth; Cane, Christianah; Carlisle, Mary; Carpenter, Samuel; Carroll, John; Carter, Charles; Casey, James; Chambers, Joseph; Chapman, Nancy; Chapman, Susanna; Chapman, Thomas; Cleckman, George; Cole, Christian; Collins, John; Collins, Thomas; Copeland, John; Cromwell, Christian; Cromwell, Jeremiah; Curly, Hugh; Curry, John; Dale, Samuel; Daugherty, Hugh; Derr, Jacob; Diller, Martin; Dishon, John; Docherty, Charles; Docherty, Hugh; Dockerly, Charles; Dodds, William; Dorwart, Adam; Dorwart, Martin; Dorwart, Polly; Druckenbrode, Jacob; Eaches, Jefferson; Eargood, Sebastian; Eargood, Susanna; Eberman, Mathias; Eccles, Samuel; Eccles, William; Eck, William; Eddings, Alexander; Ehler, Jacob; Eichholtz, Leonard; Elves, Samuel; Evans, Davis; Fahnestock, Elizabeth; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fahnestock, Samuel W.; Falk, Betsy; Finkenauer, George; Fitzgerald, David; Fogle, Sally; Foltz, Mary; Ford, James; Freeman, Clarkson; Fretz, John; Frey, Jacob Jr.; Gabel, Joseph; Ganz, Frederick; Gebel, Martin; Geisel, Frederick; Gemberling, Jacob; Gill, Charles; Girts, John M.; Graham, George; Gray, John; Green, Joseph; Groff, Lemon; Grumwell, Jeremiah; Gumpf, Barbara; Gundacker, John; Haag, Bernhardt; Haag, Michael; Haag, Nancy; Haines, Daniel; Hamilton, Ann; Hamilton, Anne; Hamilton, Elizabeth; Hamilton, William; Harnish, David; Harnish, John; Harnish, MIchael; Harnly, Isaac; Hartley, George; Hartman, John; Hartman, Rosina; Heinz, Margaret; Henery, Michal; Henkel, Jonathan; Henry, Michael; Hernly, Isaac; Hillman, Jacob; Hilman, Jacob; Hocker, George; Hocker, John; Hoeker, George; Hoeker, John; Hoffman, Catharine; Holesworth, William; Hook, Jonathan; Hoover, Joseph; Houston, Samuel; Howard, Mary; Hummel, Christian; Hunter, Sarah; Hyde, Nicholas; Jackson, James; Johnston, Sarah; Jones, Eliza; Jones, John; Kain, Christiana; Kam, Elizabeth; Kann, Henry; Keisser, Jacob; Keller, Christian; Keller, Daniel; Kelly, Augustus Avers; Kelly, Edward; Kendrick, Juliana; Kiener, Jacob; King, Robert; Kinsey, Samuel; Kitch, Jacob; Koutz, John; Kraus, George; Krause, George; Kreiter, Benjamin; Krich, Elizabeth; Kuhn, Augustus J.; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuntz, Georg; Lackey, Catherine; Lacky, Catherine; Lamb, James; Lawrence, Joseph; Lechler, John; Lehman, Jacob; Leibly, Juliana; Leman, Abraham; Leonard, Catharine; Leonard, Ezekiel; Leonard, John; Leonard, Joseph; Lightner, John; Lloyd, Thomas; Long, George; Lovett, Thomas; Lovett, WIlliam; Lyon, Mary; Markley, John; Matter, George; Maxwell, Hugh; May, David; Mc Donald, Ann; McCammon, John; McCandler, James; McCardle, Peter; McCurdy, Molly; McDonald, Ann; McDonald, Betsy; McDonald, Hugh; McDonnel, Hugh; McFalegan, Peggy; McGee, Thomas; McIntire, Margaret; McKimm, Joseph; Melten, Elizabeth; Mercer, Caleb; Meridith, Ann; Messenkop, George; Mieckmuller, Magge; Miller, Alexander; Miller, Andrew; Miller, David; Miller, Jacob; Miller, John; Miller, Martin; Miller, Robert; Montture, James; Morrison, Daniel; Morrison, John; Morry, George; Moudel, Frederick; Moyer, Levi; Moyer, Lewis; Mullin, John; Musketnus, Susan; Nellis, Thomas; Nole, George. 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Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Lancaster; Mayor's Court; Witnesses

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #312

Box Number: 003

Notes: Entered into Q&A Sep 2, 2003.

Additional Notes: Witness Pay for Mayor's Court.; Ackerman, George. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard;; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Bacon, James; Hamilton, Elizabeth; Hamilton, William; Mercer, Caleb; Shippen, Mancy; THomspn, John. Witnesses. Comm. v. Cramwell, Jeremiah.; Barlow, Jane; Carpenter, Samuel Esq.; Eberman, Matthias; Holesworth, William; Heinz, Margaret; Mieckmuller, Magge; McFalegan, Peggy. Witnesses. Comm. v. Miller, Robert.; Bauman, Benjamin. Justice. Comm. v. Bollinger, Daniel and others. assault and battery.; Boulden, N.L. Defendant's bill for subpeonas. Comm. v.; Wilson, John. Murder.; Parker, _____ Mr.; Ross, William B.; Brabson, Mary; Collins, Thomas; Brabson, John Samuel. Witnesses. Comm. v. Brabson, Rebecca.; Bowman, Mary. Witness. Comm. v. Bartle, Barbara; Chapman, Susanna. Disorderly house.; Bradly, Zeba. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard.; Brunner, Abraham; Bennet, Amos. Witnesses. Comm. v. Hamilton, Ann.; Carroll, John. Witness. Comm v. Auguatus Kuhn & others.; Chambers, Joseph. Witness. Comm v. Agustus J. Kuhn et al.; Chambers, Joseph. Witness. Comm V. Hugh McDonald et al. Horse stealing.; Chambers, Joseph. Constable. Comm. v. Grumwell, Jeremiah.; Chapman, Thomas; Chapman, Nancy. Witnesses. Comm. v. Wilson, John.; Copeland, John. Witness. Comm. v. Hilman, Jacob. Larceny.; Curry, John. Witness. Comm. v. Stacy, William. Sodomy or buggery.; Dale, Samuel. Alderman. Bill for costs in the following cases. Comm. v. Royal, Jonathan; assault and battery. Olmsted, Daniel; larceny. Leibly, Juliana; surety of peace. McKimm, Joseph; larceny. Carter, Charles; larceny. Robinson, William; assault and battery. Derr, Jacob; surety of peace. McCardle, Peter; perjury. Green, Joseph.; surety of peace. Lyon, Mary; larceny. McIntire, Margaret; larceny. McDonald, Ann; assault and battery. Ford, James; assault and battery. Carlisle, Mary; assault and battery. Casey, James; Parker, James; assault ansd battery. Williams, John; larcceny. Brison, Ann; Larceny. Jones, John; larceny. Graham, George; perjury. Anderson, Elisha; larceny. McDonald, Betsy; perjury. Wilson, John; assault and battery. Hilman, Jacob; larceny. McGee, Thomas; assault and battery.; Collins, Thomas. Payment for apprehending and conveying to jail Cole, Christian. Horse stealing.; Dale, Samuel Esq. Costs on the following convicts: Foltz, Mary, intoxication. Nellis, Thomas, intoxication and swearing. Gray, John, intoxication and swearing. Bradley, Dennis, swearing. Gill, Charles, intoxication. Falk, Betsy, intoxication. Taylor, William Intoxication. Hunter, Sarah, intoxication. Spiker, Arthur, intoxication. Biddle, Benjamin, intoxication. Acquitted of breaching ther sabbath: Fogle, Sally; Bordle, Barbara; Musketnus, Susan.; Daugherty, Hugh. [or Docherty, Hugh]. Witness. Comm. v. Eck, William. Larceny.; Dodds, William; Burton, James. Witnesses. Comm. v. Wilson, John.; Dorwart, Adam. Witness. Comm. v. Docherty, Charles. Disorderly house.; Dorwart, Martin. Witness. Comm. v. Docherty, Charles. Disorderly house.; Dorwart, Polly; Zecher, Mary; Stone, Elizabeth; Zecher, Christian. Witnesses. Comm. v. Howard, Mary.; Eargood, Sebastian; Eargood, Susanna; Kinsey, Samuel; Zeigler, Frederick; RIchardson, Samuel; Withers, Cuttis; Hoeker, George [or Hocker, George]; Hoeker, John [or Hocker, John] Albright, John; Adam, John; Long, George. Witnesses. Comm v. Sherick, Jacob.; Eberman, Mathias. Witness. Comm. v. James Lamb. Larceny.; Eberman, Mathias. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Eberman, Mathias. Witness. Comm. v. Kuhn, A.J. and others. Misdemeanor.; Eddings, Alexander. Witness. Comm. v. McDonnel, Hugh; Walker, James; Cole, Christian. Horse stealing.; Ehler, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. Cleckman, George. Adultery.; Ehler, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. McCandler, James.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Penington, Isaac Dr.; Agnew, R. Dr.; Booth, James; Leonard, Joseph; Leonard, Ezekiel; Houston, Samuel. Witnesses. Comm. v. Passmore, Reuben. Manslaughter.; Evans, Davis; Silknitter, Michael; Eaches, Jefferson; Lawrence, Joseph; Wilson, Jane; Busser, Elizabeth; Curly, Hugh. Witnesses. Comm. v. Johnston, Sarah. Arson.; Fahnestock, Samuel W. Witness. Comm. v. Fahnestock, Samuel Dr.; Fahnestock, Samuel W. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Finkenauer, George. To pay costs in Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Hagg, Nancy.; Fitzgerald, David. Witness. Comm. v. Lackey, Catherine. Assault and battery.; Gebel, Martin. Witness. Comm. v. Stacy, William. Sodomy or buggery.; Gemberling, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. Lamb, James. Larceny.; Girts, John M. Witness. Comm. v. Hillman, Jacob. Larceny.; Gumpf, Barbara; Collins, John; Kuntz, Georg; Hartley, George. Witnesses. Comm. v. Bartle, Barbara; Chapman, Susanna. Disorderly house.; Gundacker, John. Witness. Comm. v. Walter, Christina. Disorderly house.; Haines, Daniel. Constable. Comm. v. Passmore, Reuben. Manslaughter.; Harnish, David; Cromwell, Christian; Harnish, John; Harnish, MIchael. Witnesses. Comm. v. Moyer, Levi. Assault and battery.; Harnish, David; Harnish, John; Harnish, Michael; Hummel, Christian. Witnesses. Comm. v. Moyer, Lewis.; Harnly, Isaac. [or Hernly, Isaac] Witness. Comm. v. Rogers, James. Cheating and defrauding.; Hartman, Rosina; Hartman, John. Witnesses. Comm. v. Howard, Mary.; Henkel , Jonathan. Witness. Comm. v. Frederick Kuhn and others. Selling foreign merchandise without a license.; Henry, Michael [or Henery, Michal]. Witness. Comm. v. Miller, Robert.; Hoffman, Catharine. Witness. Comm. v. Nole, George. Jr.; Hoover, Joseph. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Nancy. Assault and battery.; Jackson, James. Justice. Comm. v. Eccles, Samuel; Eccles, William. Larceny.; Kain, Christiana [or Cane, Christianah]. Witness. Comm. v. Reed, Patrick; Reed, Nancy. Assault and battery.; Kam, Elizabeth. Witness. Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Disorderly house.; Kann, Henry. Witness. McDonald, Hugh and others. Horse stealing.; Keller, Christian. Witness. Comm. v. Walton, Christiana. Disorderly house.; Keller, Daniel. Witness. Comm. v. Reed, Patrick; Reed, Nancy.; Kendrick, Juliana. WItness. Comm. v. Lacky, Catherine. Assault and battery.; Kitch, Jacob. Witness. Comm V. Hugh McDonald. Horse stealing.; Koutz, John. Witness. Comm. v. Lamb, James. Larceny.; Kraus, George; Frey, Jacob Jr.; [Bescipamer, _____]. Witnesses. Comm v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Krause, George. Witness. Comm. v. Dockerly, Charles. Disorderly house.; Kreiter, Benjamin. Justice. Comm. v. Young, Frederick; Miller, Andrew. Malicious mischief.; Leman, Abraham; Ganz, Frederick; Fretz, John; Roth, Peter; Kiener, Jacob; Porter, Joseph; Bramsberger, George; Lehman, Jacob. WItnesses. Comm. v. Hyde, Nicholas.; Leonard, Catharine. Witness. Comm. v. Lacky, Catherine. Assault and battery.; Leonard, John. Witness. Comm v. Augustus J. Kuhn and others. Misdemeanors.; Leonard, John.Comm v. Pence, George. Misdemeanor.; Lightner, John. Justice. Comm. v. Diller, Martin. Misdemeanor.; Lloyd, Thomas. Justice. Comm. v. Jones, Eliza, larceny.; Comm. v. Sanders, Hugh, bigamy. Boyd, Robert, larceny.; Jones, Eliza, assault and battery.; Long, George. Witness. COmm. v. Sherick, Jacob.; Lovett, Thomas; Haines, Daniel; Lovett, WIlliam. Witnesses. Comm. v. Conrad Sweitzer. Larceny.; Markley, John. Witness. Comm. v. Hook, Jonathan; larceny. Comm. v. Alexander, Clarissa; larceny.; Matter, George Esq. Comm. v. Albright, Francis, fornication and bastardy. Comm. v. Beckels, Paul, fornication and bastardy. Comm. v. Barkliff, John, assault and battery. Comm. v. Sewitzer, Conrad, larceny. Comm. v. Lacky, Catherine, assault and battery.; Matter, George Esq. Comm. v. Besicomer, Elisha; assault and battery. Howard, Mary; surety of the peace. Rogers, James; cheating. Reed, Patrick; Rees, Nancy; assault and battery.; Maxwell, Hugh. Witness. Comm v. Augustus J, Kuhn et al. Misdemeanor.; May, David. Justice. Comm. v. Hyde, Nicholas. Larceny.; Melten, Elizabeth; Docherty, Charles; McCurdy, Molly. WItnesses. Comm. v. Eck, William. Larceny.; Meridith, Ann. Witness. Comm. v. Reed, Patrick; Reed, Nancy. Assault and battery.; Messenkop, George. Witness. Comm v. A.J. Kuhn & others.; Miller, Alexander. Witness. Comm. v. Freeman, Clarkson. Libel.; Miller, David. Witness. Comm. v. McDonald, Hugh. Horsestealing.; Miller, John. Witness. Comm. v. Freeman, Clarkson Dr. Libel.; Miller, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. Bollinger, Daniel; Druckenbrode, Jacob; Warren, John.; Miller, Martin. Witness. Comm. v. Kuhn, A.J. and others.; Morrison, Daniel. Justice. Comm. v. Brabson, Rebecca; Brabson, Jesse. Arson.; Morrison, John Esq. Justice. Comm. v. Keisser, Jacob. Burglary and larceny.; Morry, George. Witness. Comm. v. Rogers, James. Cheating.; Mullin, John. Witness. Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Disorderly house.; Parker, James. Witness. Comm. v. Elves, Samuel. Disorderly house.; Peeler, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. Stuart, Ben.; Pennell, Benjamin. Witness. Comm. v. Stacy, William. Buggery.; Peterman, Jacob. Witness. Comm v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael.; Powell, Edward. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Price, Richard; Montture, James; Snively, Abraham. Witnesses. Comm. v. Basset, Thomas.; Probst, Henry; Dishon, John; Miller, John. Witnesses. Comm. v. Miller, Andrew.; Probst, Henry; Dishon, John; Miller, John. Witnesses. Comm. v. Young, Frederick.; Protzman, Frederick. Witness. Comm v. Haag, Bernard.; Rauch, Daniel H. Justice. Comm. v. Ressler, George.; Reist, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. Stacy, William. sodomy or buggery.; Scheidler, Catharine; Sheaffer, Esther. Witnesses. Comm. v. Geisel, Frederick.; Sharp, Samuel; Gabel, Joseph. Witnesses. Comm. v. Bollinger, Daniel; Druckenbrode, Jacob; Warner, John. Assault and battery.; Smith, Elizabeth. Witness. Comm. v. Lacky, Catherine. Assault and battery.; Smith, Ester; Stroke, Samuel; Miller, Jacob; Krich, Elizabeth; Fahnestock, Elizabeth; Baum, Daniel. Witnesses.Comm. v. Moudel, Frederick.; Spear, Robert. Justice. Comm. v. Hamilton, Anne. Larceny.; Spera, Henry. Constable. Comm. v. Diller, Martin. Misdemeanor.; Stewart, Susannah [or Stuart, Susana]. Witness. Comm. v. Kelly, Edward. Assault and battery.; Stine, Samuel; Stine, Hannah. Witness. Comm. v. Howard, Mary. Surety of the peace.; Stober, Michael. Justice. Comm. v. Scherrick, Jacob. Malicious mischief.; Sweeney, James; Tolans, William; Brown, John. Witnesses. Comm. v. King, Robert [W.].; Taggart, James. Witness. Comm. v. Haag, Bernard; Haag, Michael. Assault and battery.; Thomas, Christian. Comm. v. Kelly, Augustus Avers; Witmer, Abraham; Groff, Lemon; Bowman, Francis; Parker, William.; Thompson, John; Shippen, Leonard. Witnesses. Comm. v. Cromwell, Jeremiah.; Thompson, William. Witness. Comm. v. Ann Mc Donald. Assault and battery.; Voight, John F. ; Becktel, Paul [or Bectel, Paul or Bickel, Paul]. Witnesses. Kuhn, Augustus J and others. Misdemeanor.; Warfel, Abraham. Witness. Comm v. Lechler, John. Murder; White, Joseph. Witness. Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Disorderly house.; Worn, Daniel [or Warn, Daniel]; Lightner, John; Weaver, Samuel; Weaver,George; McCammon, John Dr.; Beatty, Seth. Witnesses. Comm. v. Diller, Martin.; Zahm, Daniel. Sheriff fees for serving attachment on Agnew, Robert Dr. Comm. v. Passmore, Reuben. Manslaughter.; 118 items. 121 pieces.

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